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BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 
WASHINGTON 



INFANT MORTALITY IN THE BIRTH REGISTRATION AREA OF THE UNITED STATES: 1920, 



BIRTHS (EXCLUSIVE OF STILLBIRTHS), PER CENT OF INCREASE OVER 11)10, DEATHS OF INFANTS UNDER 1 YEAR 
OF AGE, AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES IN THE lURTH REGISTRATION AREA: 1920. 



Calilornia 

Connecticut 

Indiana 

Kansas 

Kentucky (total). 

White 

Colored 

Maine 

Maryland (total) . 

White 

Colored 

Massachusetts 

-!ii«iMgatt. -. 

Minnesota 

Nebraska 



57, 737 
53, 658 
4,079 
15, 496 

33, 972 
27,448 
6,524 
87, 709 

51,942 



1,508,874 



67, 199 
34, 096 
64,809 
39, 632 

62,888 
58, 747 
4,141 
17,325 

36, 212 
29, 452 
6,760 
91, 692 

92,740 
55, 909 
30,911 



5,523 
3,259 



Per 

cent 
of in- 
crease. 



DEATHS OF 

INFANTS 

UNDER 1 YEAR 

OF AGE. 



3,134 

5,301 
2,898 

4,597 
4,025 



3,768 
2,657 



Per 
1,000 
births 



|.g| 

ill 



-^2 
- 1 



Mew Hampshire. . 

Now York 

M.Carolina (total) 

White..: 

Colored 

Ohio 

Oregon 

Pennsylvania 

S. Carolina (total). 

White 

Colored 

Utah 

Vermont 

Virginia (total). . . 

White 

Colored 

Washineton. .^.„ . 
Wisconsin 







Increase 


Per 


Births, 


Births, 


of 1920 


cent 


1919. 


1920. 


over 


of in- 






1919. 


crease. 


8,778 


9,916 


1,168 


13.3 


220, 108 


235, 243 


9,135 


4.0 


73,854 


81,407 


7,553 


10.2 


51,832 


57,054 


5,222 


10.1 


22,022 


24,353 


2,331 


10.6 


113,054 


123,729 


10,675 


9.4 


13,540 


14,942 


1,402 


10.4 


207,685 


220,462 


12,777 


6.2 


44,624 


47,777 


3,153 


7.1 


22,016 


23,813 


1,797 


S.2 


22, 608 


23, 964 


1,356 


6.0 


13,040 


14, 157 


1,117 


8.6 


7,032 


7,409 


377 


5.4 


60,785 


65,794 


5,009 


8.2 


>: 41,656 


45, 229 


3,573 


8.6 


19,129 


20,565 


1,436 


7.5 


25. 112 
54,^781 


27.072 


1,960 


H- 


68,697 


~ 3, 916 


7.1 



DEATHS OP 

INFANTS 

UNDER 1 YEAR 

OF AGE 



875 
20, 309 
6,909 
4,168 
2,741 
10,252 
924 



3,545 
1,011 



5,500 
3,241 
2,259 
-1,797 
4,493 






- 3 

-1- 3 
-I- 7 



-10 
-t- 3 



I II the registration area tor 1920 is made comparable with that tor 1919 by excluding Nebraska, the per cent of increase of births is 7.6. 
3 Not added to the registration area until 1920. 

POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND DEATHS IN THE BIRTH REGISTRATION AREA: 1920. 



.\REA. 


Population, 
1920. 


Births, 
1920. 


Birtb 
rate. 


Deaths, 
1920. 


Death 
rate. 




63,659,441 


1,508,874 


23.7 


836,154 


13.1 





BIRTHS, INFANT MORTALITY RATES, AND THE INCREASE OR DECREASE IN THE INFANT MORTALITY RATES 

SINCE 1919, IN THE REGISTRATION CITIES: 1920. 



CALIFORNIA. 



Alameda... 
Bakersfleld. 
Berkeley — 

Eureka 

Fresno 



1,332 

Glendale 194 

LongBeach ! 1,031 

Los .\ngeles 11,635 

Oakland 4,142 

Pasadena 



Pomona 

Richmond 

RlTerside 

Sacramento 

San Bernardino. . 



329 







Deaths 




of 




infants 


+-^go 


under 


Ills 


1 year of 


age per 
1,000 




p.g2 


births. 






59 


+ fi 


80 


- 1 


44 


! 


67 


+ 8 1 


101 


+23 


67 


(') 


60 


+n 


71 


+ 4 


71 


-1-10 


31 


-14 


94 


. +28 


36 


(') 


88 


-20 


78 


-t- 4 


97 


-10 



CALIFORNIA— continued . 

San Diego 

San Francisco . - 

San Jose 

Santa Ana 

Santa Barbara 



Santa Cruz — 
Santa Monica.. 

Stockton 

Vallejo 

Venice 



Ansonia 

Bridgeport 

Bristol 

Danbury town., 
Derby 



CONNECTICUT. 











Deaths 


^Tp 




of 




infants 


+^|« 


Births. 


under 












age per 


eg £ ^ O 




1,000 


^^52 




births. 








1,651 


67 


- 5 


9,034 


62 




723 


62 


-1- 1 


365 


85 


(') 


435 


76 


+13 


196 


46 


-19 


316 


47 


(') 


990 


80 


+ 11 


392 


56 


+ 1 


57 


88 


(■) 


416 


143 


+44 


4,178 


92 


+ 4 


643 


132 


+00 


■ ,562 


96 


+ 7 


610 


91 


(') i 



1 Population less than 10,000 in 1910. 



CONNECTICUT — Continued 

East Hartford town 

Knfield town 

Fairfield town 

Greenwich town 

Hartford 

Manchester town 

Merlden town 

Mlddlctown town 

Milford town 

Naugatuck 

Now Britain 

New Haven 

New London 

Norwalk 

Norwich town 



1,763 
4,229 



Deaths [ ° — ; 

of U^- 

infants +w' 

under p o 
1 yearofiffl «. 
age per a £ 

1,000 "" 
births 




.^KTHS. ..PANX MOKX.UT. ^TgS. -? - -?-- OK^O^^^ MOUT^L™^ ^ ^ 




Auburn 

Augusta 

Bangor 

Bath 

BIddeford 

Lcwiston 
I'ortland 
Sanford town 
WatervUle. 



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OOCUMCNTtf . ..*ION 



BIRTHS, INFANT MORTALITY RATES, AND THE INCREASE OR DECREASE IN THE INFANT MORTALITY RATES 
SINCE 1919, IN THE REGISTRATION CITIES: 1920— Continued. 



NEW TOKK— contiuiiod. 



Nowbiirgh.. 
Nlngara Falls. 



North Tonawaiida.. 

OEclonsburg 

Olcan 



Oneida... 
Onconta. . 
Ossiiiing.. 
Osweso. . . 
Peeks kill. 



Plattsburg 

Port Chester... 

Port Jervis 

Pouglikeepsie.. 
Rensselaer 



Rochester 

Rome 

Saratoga Springs. . 
Schenectady 



Syracuse 

Tonawanda.. 

Trov 

Utica 



Watertown... 

Watervliet 

White Plains. 
Yonkers 



NORTH CAROLINA. 

Asheville 

Charlotte 

Durham 

Gastonia 

Ooldsboro 



Greensboro 

High Point 

Newbern 

Raleigh 

Rocky Mount. 



Salisbury , 

Wilmington 

Wilson , 

Winston-Salem. 



Akron 

Alliance. .. 
Ashtabula. 
Barberton. 
■ Bellah"e 



Bucyrus 

Cambridge 

Canton 

Chillicothe 

Cincinnafl 

Cleveland 

Cleveland Heights . 

Columbus 

Coshocton 

Cuyahoga Falls 



Dayton 

East Cleveland 

East Liverpool 

East Youngstown . 
El>Tia 



FIndlay... 
Fremont... 
Hamilton.. 

Ironton 

Kenmore., 



Lakewood . 
Lancaster.. 

Lima 

Lorain 

Mansfield.. 



Marietta ... 

Marion 

Martins Ferry. 

Ma.ssillon 

Middletown . . . 



6,716 



2,392 



1,192 



Now Philadelphia. 

Newark 

Niles 

Norwood 

Fiqua 



Deaths 




of 


Infants 


+-?o 


under 


"sag 


1 yearof 


ago per 
1,000 
births. 




92 


+ 3 


92 


-22 


92 


-22 


190 


+67 


86 


-10 


75 


(■) 


51 


(■) 


67 


+ 14 


76 


+ 4 


90 


+21 


87 


-40 


64 


-13 


92 


w 


96 


+ 3 


98 


+49 


84 


+10 


109 


+28 


81 


-12 


86 


+ 7 


105 


+14 


113 


0) 


102 


-15 


83 


- 6 


115 


+24 


98 


+ 6 


63 


+ 1 


89 


+ 9 


118 


+14 


111 


-27 


143 


-14 


89 


(■) 


143 


0) 


87 


-35 


81 


(') 


111 


« 


97 


+10 


128 


m 


69 


m 


134 


+ i 


125 


(') 


122 


- 1 


S4 


-22 


96 


+ 6 


66 


- 4 


101 


(') 


114 


+13 


57 


(') 


72 


-41 


96 


+ 8 


59 


-33 


82 


- 6 


87 


- 9 


78 


(■) 


96 


+ 2 


63 


(') 


54 


« 


85 


- 4 


115 


(') 


114 


+ 11 


183 


(') 


90 


-20 


63 


- 6 


47 


(') 


100 


- 2 


160 


+28 


no 


(') 


61 


-21 


70 


-13 


112 


+ 14 


HI 


- 5 


65 


+ 17 


82 


- 5 


105 


+ 14 


118 


(') 


74 


-29 


69 


- 5 


58 


(•) 


85 


+ 5 


88 


(') 


74 


- 1 


95 


+29 



omo — continued. 



Portsmouth . . 

Salem 

Sandusky 

Springflold... 
Steubenville. . 



Tiffin 

Toledo 

Warren 

Youngstown.. 
Zanesville 



Astoria... 
Eugene... 
Portland. . 
Salem 



PENNSYLVANIA. 



AUentown 

Altoona 

Ambridge 

Beaver Falls.. 
Berwick 



Bethlehem. 
Braddock... 
Bradford... 

Bristol 

Butler 



Canousburg.. 
Carbondale.. 

Carlisle 

Carnegie 

Carrick 



Chambersburg. . 

Charleroi 

Chester 

Coatesville 

Columbia 



Connellsville.. 
Dickson City. 

Donora 

Du Bois 

Dunmore 



Duquesne... 

Easton 

Erie 

Farrell 

Greensburg. . 



Harrisburg. 
Hazleton . . . 
Homestead . 
Jeannette... 
Johnstown.. 



Lancaster 

Lebanon 

McKees Rocks.. 

McKeesport 

Mahanoy City.. 



Meadville 

Monessen 

Mount Carmel. 

Nanticoke 

Newcastle 



New Kensington. 

Norristown 

North Braddock.- 

011 City 

Old Forge 



Olyphant 

Pmladelphia.. 
Phoenixville.. 
Pittsburgh... 
Pittston 



Plymouth 

Pottstown 

Pottsville 

Punxsutawney 

Reading I 2,677 



1,335 



5,340 

772 

3,956 



1,692 



2,579 



43,642 
362 

14,740 
619 



Deaths 

of 
Infants 

under 
1 yearof 
age per 

1,000 
births. 






+17 

^'l4 
-16 
+ 5 

-37 



P) 

-30 
(') 

-11 
+ 7 
+35 



{■) 
-18 
- 4 



C) ■ 
+23 
+ 12 
+ 7 



(') 
+33 
+ 57 



+ 1 
+ 16 
-14 
-22 



+ 16 
+ 4 



PENN3YLVANLA— continued . 



Scran ton 

Shamokin . . . 

Sharon 

Shenandoah. 
Steelton 



Sunbury 

Swissvale... 
Tamaqua... 
Uniontown. 



Warren 

Washington.. 
Westchester. 
Wilkes-Barre. 



Willdnsburg.. 
Williamsport. 

Woodlawn 

York 



SOUTH CAEOIINA. 



Anderson... 
Charleston.. 
Columbia... 



Florence 

Greenville 

Spartanburg.. 



Ogden 

Prove 

Salt lake City.. 



Barre 

Burhngton. 
■Rutland 



Alexandria 

Charlottesville. . 

Danville 

Lynchburg 



Newport News. 

Norfolk 

Petersburg 

Portsmouth 



Richmond.. 
Roanoke.... 
Staunton... 



"WASHINGTON. 



Aberdeen 

Bellingham. . 

Everett 

Hoquiam — 
Seattle 



Spokane 

Tacoma 

Vancouver.... 
WaUa WaUa.. 
Yakima 



WISCONSIN. 



Appleton 

Ashland 

Beloit 

Eau Claire — 
Fond du Lac. 
Grcen Bay — 



Janesville. .. 
Kenosha — 
La Crosse... 

Madison 

Manitovfoc. 



Marinette... 
Milwaukee.. 

Oshkosh 

Racine 

Sheboygan. 



Stevens Point. 

Superior 

Waukesha 

Wausaii 

West Allis 



1,558 
1,315 



3,326 



2,862 

872 

1,396 



4,197 
1,534 



2,446 
2,221 



1,047 



Deaths 

of 
Infants 
under 
1 yearof 

births, 



Jlli 



m 

- 2 



+23 
-16 
(') 
-17 



+27 
+15 

(') 
+18 
-10 



+41 



+ 8 
+ 9 
+20 



+14 
+21 



-41 
-20 
+ 2 



+ 10 
+23 
+ 2 



+ 1 
- 7 
+13 



(') 

+28 
(') 



'Population less tban 10,000 In 1910. 



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